Deputy's Funeral Thursday

December 28, 1999|By ARDY FRIEDBERG Staff Writer

As Broward Sheriff's officials finalize funeral arrangements for Deputy Michael Christopher Doane, they are also investigating whether they can upgrade the charges against the teen they say is responsible for his death.

Doane, 26, died on Christmas Eve, two weeks after he crashed his cruiser while rushing to the aid of a colleague who had been shot. He was critically injured in the wreck and died at Broward General Medical Center after his family decided to remove him from life support equipment.

He will be buried with full honors on Thursday. Ceremonies will begin with a procession to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, where services will include a helicopter flyover and a 21-gun salute.

Doane suffered head and internal injuries in the Dec. 12 crash as he hurried to the aid of Deputy Alcibiades "Al" Hibbert, who was shot in the stomach while working an off-duty security detail at the Some Place Else Cafe & Lounge in Lauderdale Lakes.

Kyan Bucknor, 17, a student at Boyd Anderson High School, was arrested in Immokalee four days and charged with wounding Hibbert in the parking lot of the club at 2536 N. State Road 7. Hibbert and two other men who were wounded in the club are recovering.

Bucknor, of Lauderhill, has been charged as an adult with attempted murder and aggravated assault. Now those charges may be increased.

"We are conferring with the Broward State Attorney's Office to see if we can charge Bucknor with murder in connection with the death of Deputy Doane," sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said Monday.

The sheriff has said the incident was part of a turf war between drug gangs.

Seven people have been arrested as accessories after the fact for aiding Bucknor's escape to Immokalee. Six of them have bailed out of jail, and one is being held without bail. Detectives are looking for two men they say were involved after the shootings.

Doane joined the Sheriff's Office in October 1998 after three years as a Polk County deputy sheriff and three years as an aide with the Clearwater Police Department.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Fred Hunter's Funeral Home in Davie.

On Thursday morning, there will be a funeral procession from Hunter's, at 2401 S. University Drive, north past the District 5 substation near Broward Boulevard and Northwest 27th Avenue, where Doane worked.

The procession will end at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts at 201 SW 5th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m.

After the service inside the center there will be a memorial service outside that will include a 21-gun salute and a helicopter flyover. A bugler will play taps.

Personnel from local and out-of-town law enforcement agencies are expected to attend.

Ardy Friedberg can be reached at afriedberg@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4843.